NullPointer exception when interface contains generics
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                 Key: CXF-3527
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-3527
             Project: CXF
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Aegis Databinding
    Affects Versions: 2.3.3
         Environment: Debian GNU/Linux Tomcat6
            Reporter: Vassilis Virvilis


The following code fails with a NULL pointer exception in deploy. Always the 
same. In order to reproduce the problem you have to uncomment the method 
declarations otherwise the war does not deploy.

What I would like in case it is not possible to make it work in Aegis due to 
other constraints is a better error mentioning the problematic method because 
right now I have to suspect all methods and play binary search to find the 
problematic ones.

    // fails with null pointer exception in deploy
    // public T testGeneric(Collection<T> collection);

    // success
    public Integer testGeneric(Collection<T> collection);

    // fails with null pointer exception in deploy
    // public <T1, T2> Pair<T1, T2> testReturnGenericPair(T1 first, T2 second);

    // fails with null pointer exception in deploy
    // public Pair<Integer, String> testReturnQualifiedPair(Integer first,
    // String second);

    // fails with null pointer exception in deploy
    // public <T1, T2> int testGenericPair(Pair<T1, T2> pair);

    // fails with null pointer exception in deploy
    // public int testQualifiedPair(Pair<Integer, String> pair);

You cant find the eclipse project attached in 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-3526

and here is the exception

May 16, 2011 5:38:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of 
class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean 
with name 'test': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1420)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
        at 
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
        at 
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
        at 
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)
        at 
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)
        at 
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4206)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4705)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:799)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:601)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:943)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:563)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1397)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297)
        at 
com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:857)
        at 
com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:795)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1500)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:849)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:351)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:563)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
        at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.isArray(AbstractTypeCreator.java:167)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createTypeForClass(AbstractTypeCreator.java:113)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createType(AbstractTypeCreator.java:390)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo.getType(BeanTypeInfo.java:192)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanType.getDependencies(BeanType.java:532)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.addDependencies(AegisDatabinding.java:394)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeMessage(AegisDatabinding.java:370)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeOperation(AegisDatabinding.java:273)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initialize(AegisDatabinding.java:239)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.service.factory.AbstractServiceFactoryBean.initializeDataBindings(AbstractServiceFactoryBean.java:86)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.buildServiceFromClass(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:442)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.initializeServiceModel(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:505)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.create(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:242)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.frontend.AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.createEndpoint(AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.java:101)
        at 
org.apache.cxf.frontend.ServerFactoryBean.create(ServerFactoryBean.java:148)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1544)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1485)
        at 
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417)
        ... 45 more
May 16, 2011 5:38:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext


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